County Correspondence from Copperas Prairie and Gap
Farmers busy gathering cotton and harvesting late feed crops. Local residents share social visits, travel notes, and a near fire incident. Cotton picking dominates the scene as typhoid recovery continues and familiar faces visit from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Q. George
J. J. Vaneleave
Newbury
Mr. Evans
Jesse Taylor
Fort Worth
Gap
W. R R. Harris
Tom Chaney
Comanche
E. A. Reece
James Morris
Pleasant Valley
H. B. Jones
Claude Wells
Sidney
Bob Tidmore
Sam Crane
Peanut prices and farmer independence drive local talk
Farmers anticipate 80 cents or more per bushel for peanuts and threaten to cut purchases from merchants who pay less. The note urges independent action to set prices and pay bills, while a county paper lists local social visits and farm activity in Gap and Comanche areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Martin
Gap
Richard Wagley
Comanche
Lena Emison
Brownwood
May Armstrong
Mary Crockett
Dave McDaniel
Artie Cox
Tom Thomas
J. P. Crockett
Grandma Wagley
J.D. Runkle
Frank Wagnon
New Mexico
Fletch Stephens
Lydia Franklin
Mert Sullivan
Boykin
J. W. Reynolds
S. G. Brown
Local visitors and attendees from Comanche and Blanket areas
Uncle Bill Payne from near Blanket visits the area. Mrs Ruby Bartlett along with Miss Geneva Bartlett and Miss Thelma Bartlett from near Comanche attended the quarterly meeting here Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Payne
Blanket
Ruby
Geneva
Thelma Bartlett
Comanche
Beattie News Notes Local Arrivals And Incidents
Miss Ethel Pittman arrived from DeLeon to stay with her uncle John Butler and attend school. Ed Black suffered a serious arm infection but is recovering. Miss Clarisse Huggins and her sister departed for Snyder. Rev John Dewitt and wife from Sweetwater planned to relocate to New Mexico after a few months. Wharf rats damaged cellars and a bore well, with kittens eaten by rats. Nobles from Oklahoma visited his ailing father. Uncle Billie Green recovered from illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Pittman
DeLeon
John Butler
Ed Black
Clarisse Huggins
Snyder
John Dewitt
Sweetwater
West Intendig
New Mexico
Wharf Rats
Mr. Nobles
Oklahoma
Billie Green
Vaughn to Open Garage in G. and M. Building
Dr. J. L. Vaughn has bought the G. and M. Garage building and plans to open a garage there. The G. and M. owners have not yet chosen a new location for their business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Vaughn
Fifteen Year Hunt To End for Farrand Widow
Captain Charles E B Farrand's widow May Spencer Farrand may be legally declared dead after a 15 year disappearance. Public Administrator Woodward says estate heirs include Louise A Ryder of New York, daughter from Farrand's first marriage, with possibility of half the fortune to May Farrand if found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Farrand
Denver
May Spencer Farrand
Charles EB. Farrand
Louise A. Ryder
New York City
Captain Farrand
Mrs. Farrand
War Department
Federal
Secret Service
Arvada
MAY LOSE CITIZENSHIP
Baltimore news reports a legal question over whether Baltimore youths fighting in Europe John Poe John Sydney Howell Alexander Godby and Martin D Monaghan may lose US citizenship by expatriation for joining foreign forces. Courts note uncertainty if allegiance to the foreign flag required by enlistment ends US citizenship and how foreign powers treat such recruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Europe
John Poe
John Sydney Howell
Alexander Godby
Martin D. Monaghan
Department of Labor
Frank Caswell
Harrison, Me
United States
Rich octogenarian again prospecting in old mining camp
Forest California residents watch James C. Crise eighty five return to prospecting after sixty years away. Once a successful miner in Jim Crow canyon he now camps in the hills with blankets while testing today’s pan for color and recalling his fifties. He jokes about teaching old miners a trick as he camps to relive his youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
California
Chase
Blind baseball fan seeks national title in Decatur
John Moore of Decatur has entered to be named the most confirmed baseball fan in the country. Though blind, he claims no advantage and offers to prove he has not missed a game in eight years for the Decatur team in the Three-I league. The prize is a ticket to any professional game in the United States or Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
John Moore
Moore
Canada
Say Dan Cupid Is Loafing
Cupid’s business in Ohio slowed in 1914 1915 with 47000 marriages recorded by Secretary of State Hildebrand That figure is 2561 fewer than the previous year and 300 fewer than 1912 when the population was smaller The report notes declines in marriage counts across the state highlighting a drop in nuptials in Columbus and other locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Cupid
Columbus
Cupid
Ohio
Little Dan
Hildebrand
Jed
Modern Rip Van Winkle Returns from Sing Sing
George W. Cram, eighty five, a former Sing Sing inmate nicknamed Kid, is pardoned by Gov Whitman after escaping death in the electric chair for killing his wife. He revisits New York, describes prison reforms, recalls Henry Clay at play, and notes changes in transportation and fashion. He plans California travel after meeting his granddaughter, reflecting on his two decades in prison and his years in war. He received ten dollars at release and earned a dollar and a half per day while imprisoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George W. Cram
Rip van Winkle
Catskills
Cram
Sing Sing
Whitman
Kid
Grand Central Station
Goodby
Rui
Henry Clay
Osborne
Mutual Welfare League
California
Fifth Avenue
Coney Island
Alligators' Bill Surprises City Officials in Anderson
In Anderson Indiana two pet alligators about three feet long though estimated at twenty five years old have run up meat bills averaging twenty dollars a year. The latest bill for one feed was fifteen dollars shocking City Clerk Collins and City Comptroller Richter. The animals have fasted since October and may not hunger again until spring, yet records show roughly four hundred dollars spent on meat for the pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
City Water Department
Collins
Richter
Boys and Girls Clubs Plan Saturday Program
The Boys and Girls Clubs will meet at the courthouse at 10 30 for a day of activities. Judging club products and canning run 10 30 to 11, then an address by Supt R F Holloway, followed by talks from J L Quicksall Oscar Callaway J B Layne W D Jenkins and others. Prizes are planned by the Y M B L committee with Mrs Eaton and Mrs Kittle. many prizes expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Holloway
J. L. Quicksall
Noon
Oscar Callaway
J. B.layne
W. D. Jenkins
Eaton
Sullivan Boykin Nuptials Set in Sipe Springs
Invitations announce the marriage of Mr. Murt Sullivan to Miss Bert Boykin at the bride's home in Sipe Springs on Sunday October 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murt Sullivan
Bert Boykin
Sipe Springs
Wanted To Rent A Piano See Mrs Holden
Classified notice seeking a piano rental addressed to Mrs C C Holden. Also an advertisement for Herbine remedy claiming to curb indigestion, cleanse bowels, and strengthen the stomach, price 50 cents, sold by Paris Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.C. Holden
Paris Smith
Dinkle Gets Bath After Seventeen-Year Dry Spell
Marion Indiana officer reports John Dinkle, arrested for vagrancy, claimed no bath in seventeen years. Sheriff O P Wright arranges a bath. jail trusties scrub him with soap and brushes, delivering a memorable scouring for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
John Dinkle
O. P. Wright
Dinkle
New Light Company Proposes City Water and Lighting Deal
Mr. Head says franchise from City Council for the Texas L. and P. Co would allow pumping city water and supplying a complete lighting system for less than current pumping costs. He claims current can be produced at about one sixth the present price. Street lights would cost the city fifty cents per month per two watt lamp, with an independent system and optional home lighting at the same rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Head
Texas L. & P. Company
Comanche
Seed Wheat Auction Notice
Seed wheat buyers should contact Oscar Callaway before October 15. The seed was imported last year and yielded 31 bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Callaway
Comanche to Play Meridian College Saturday
Comanche travels by automobile to Meridian for a game with Meridian College. The team, same lineup that beat John Tarleton last Saturday, faces a strong Meridian squad but hopes for a second victory. Rector Cunningham coaches and has high confidence in the squad’s ability to challenge the state championship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian College
Meridian
John Tarleton
Cunningham
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Methodist Church
John Steele
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Will McCarty
Misses Goonie
Anna Lou
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Americas Investment Assn
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Roberson
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Warden Osborne
Anderson, Ind
Bob Stanton
Kittle
D. F. Eaton
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Olive Street
St. Louis
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Theda Bara
the Devil’s Daughter
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